Windows reinstall: Calibre former database, config folder...

baursak · 03-14-2024, 03:14 AM

how do I prepare my personal essential data from C: drive (Calibre former database, config folder, ...) before Windows reinstall?
- what should I save 'before'?
- how should I restore all 'after'?

Sirtel · 03-14-2024, 03:23 AM

The simplest way: copy the entire library folder and the configuration folder to a USB stick or an external drive; after the reinstall, copy/paste them back to your computer to the same location they were before, and point Calibre to the library folder (Switch/create library -> use the previously existing library at the new location) if it doesn't detect the library automatically.

baursak · 03-15-2024, 05:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sirtel

The simplest way: copy the entire library folder and the configuration folder to a USB stick or an external drive; after the reinstall, copy/paste them back to your computer to the same location they were before, and point Calibre to the library folder (Switch/create library -> use the previously existing library at the new location) if it doesn't detect the library automatically.

thanks a lot !

03-14-2024, 03:14 AM	#1
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Sirtel Grand Sorcerer Posts: 10,149 Karma: 224760044 Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Estonia Device: Kobo Sage & Libra 2	The simplest way: copy the entire library folder and the configuration folder to a USB stick or an external drive; after the reinstall, copy/paste them back to your computer to the same location they were before, and point Calibre to the library folder (Switch/create library -> use the previously existing library at the new location) if it doesn't detect the library automatically.